In an interview in 2009, Tim Berners-Lee admitted that the initial pair of slashes (“//”) in a web address were actually “unnecessary”. He said that he could easily have designed URLs not to have the slashes.

What we find amazing about Berners-Lee is that he made his idea available freely. He didn’t patent it and didn’t expect any royalties. It has been estimated that the Internet is worth $684 billion to the United States GDP every year! Big up to the man! Respect!